Winter...if you just planted them, then they need the leaves converting as
much sunlight as possible to help feed the hopefully very active roots and
get the plant established.

John

"Jeff" wrote in message
m...
I've just planed three (~5-6 ft) nachez crepe myrtles...they need to
be pruned back as they are very long and need to be shaped (too
bushy)...when should i do this? now? winter?

any good resources on pruning crepe myrtles?